Dress Fabric
1800-1899 (made)
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Dress fabric of silk satin.
Woven silk, satin ground.
Warp: grey [either a mixture of white and black or poorly dyed grey] silk, Z-twist.
Weft: silk: pink, S-twist, yellow, blue, green, white, all indeterminable twist.
Dark grey [faded] ground with a repeating pattern of a formal flowering plant with three blossoms in offset rows, the motifs form lozenge shapes against the grey background. The plant leaves are light green, the roots are pink, with the cluster of blossoms alternately light blue or white both with pink and all edged in deep yellow.
Woven silk, satin ground.
Warp: grey [either a mixture of white and black or poorly dyed grey] silk, Z-twist.
Weft: silk: pink, S-twist, yellow, blue, green, white, all indeterminable twist.
Dark grey [faded] ground with a repeating pattern of a formal flowering plant with three blossoms in offset rows, the motifs form lozenge shapes against the grey background. The plant leaves are light green, the roots are pink, with the cluster of blossoms alternately light blue or white both with pink and all edged in deep yellow.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk satin |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of silk satin, Iran, 1800-1899 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of silk satin. Woven silk, satin ground. Warp: grey [either a mixture of white and black or poorly dyed grey] silk, Z-twist. Weft: silk: pink, S-twist, yellow, blue, green, white, all indeterminable twist. Dark grey [faded] ground with a repeating pattern of a formal flowering plant with three blossoms in offset rows, the motifs form lozenge shapes against the grey background. The plant leaves are light green, the roots are pink, with the cluster of blossoms alternately light blue or white both with pink and all edged in deep yellow. |
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| Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
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| Accession number | T.21:94-1955 |
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| Record created | May 7, 2008 |
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